That, in fact, is the word’s original meaning, and one it shares with its German root,spielen. (Spielis also found inglockenspiel, the name of a musical instrument similar to thexylophone.) In Scottish English,spielis also sometimes used as a shortened form ofbonspiel, which refers to a...
noun a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch. verb (used without object) to speak extravagantly. Discover More Word History and Origins Origin ofspiel1 First recorded in1890–95;(for the noun) fromGermanSpielorYiddis...
Norwegian langspil, langspel, from lang long (from Old Norse langr) + spil, spel play, from Middle Low German spil; akin to Old High German spil play The Ultimate Dictionary Awaits Expand your vocabulary and dive deeper into language with Merriam-Webster Unabridged. Expanded definitions Deta...
(1894, in a San Francisco context) meaning "to speak in a glib manner," earlier "to play circus music" (1870, in a German-American context), from Germanspielen"to play," from Old High Germanspilon(cognate with Old Englishspilian"to play"). The noun also perhaps from GermanSpiel"play...
1805–15; <GermanKriegsspiel,equivalent toKrieg(e)s,genitive ofKriegwar +Spielgame Discover More Example Sentences And nowhere was that competitive spirit more apparent than at lunchtime, when the scientists began playing Kriegspiel, a chess variant once favored by the German military. ...
That, in fact, is the word’s original meaning, and one it shares with its German root, spielen. (Spiel is also found in glockenspiel, the name of a musical instrument similar to the xylophone.) In Scottish English, spiel is also sometimes used as a shortened form of bonspiel, which re...
Germanness. I mean, yes, I knew Franks were one of the peoples normally called Germanic, or barbarian, but that meant that they were neither French nor German, in a modern sense. They were German in the sense of Tacitus, sort of, which is to say that they were German because they we...
(2016), die diese multidirek-tionalePrämissethematisieren:»Acriticalpartofthe›proofprocedure‹isitsleveragingofthemultiparty nature of conversations, that is, classical CA research by its nature must involveat least two participants—meaning that members’ sequential analyses of actions become,...
When playing a game, most of theplayer’s energy is spent in trying to use the rules, the game systems, in order towin. The thematic setting of the game must not detract from »the game itself«,meaning from aiming at victory. It might even be ... just a tool used to make the...
Players lay tiles to create and expand territory, but can also (in certain circumstances) overlay tiles, meaning that territories once created are not necessarily immutable. Players can (again, in certain circumstances) protect some of their territory, but in doing that territory becomes ‘locked ...